IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bertram
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979IA061009
  • User Pedon ID: S1979IA061009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1979IA061009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X61809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74844
  • Print Date: 5/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 42.3837470
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0863800
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 88N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 455 feet north and 1540 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA061—Dubuque
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA061—Dubuque County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bertram
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1979
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bertram
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1979
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    9

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6-?-50 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02549
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6-?-50 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02550
    Bt—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 30 percent by volume 6-?-50 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02551
    C1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume 19-?-63 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02552
    C2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 70 percent by volume 19-?-63 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02553
    C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 70 percent by volume 19-?-262 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU02554